Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Creatures of Nightmares
Chapter 29
“Ripley Jane will take you to your rooms.” KJ said, stomping away toward a blood wyvern outside.
Rooms? Ridley thought. Huh.
The three boys followed the girl up some stairs down a long hall.
“Xavier, there,” she pointed to a room. “Other guy, not James, this room by Xavier. Whatever your name is.”
The two boys went inside the rooms, shrugging at Ridley as they closed the doors.
“And we have one last room down the hall.” The girl slowly walked, Ridley following.
She slipped her hair behind her ear and touched a door. “Here’s your room.”
She opened the door. Ridley took another look at her. He could see a color beneath her hair. A strand of blue and white.
He stepped in the room and pulled her with him, closing the door with his foot.
“Rain..” he whispered. “How are you here?”
Tears filled her eyes. “Where else was I meant to go? You were with Adira. You aren’t the only one who can make yourself a human. This is my life now, and of course you storm in.”
She pulled her hand away from his and walked out, slamming the door.
“I can’t believe it..” Ridley muttered.
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Reign and Astra had been walking for a while.
“How long will this take?” Astra asked.
“Not long, I don’ think.”
There was a shuffling sound.
And then a BANG! Astra turned and rolled. A net came swiping at them. Astra was lucky. Reign was not.
Reign ripped at the net as a blood wyvern swooped out and grabbed her.
“Astra!!” She screamed.
Astra made an ice trail in the shadows to follow. She thought very hard about Ridley, hoping he would contact her.
He did.
“Hey Astra.” A translucent person appeared beside her. Astra gasped. “Are you..?”
“Long story. Whatcha need?”
“Reign was caught by a human on a blood wyvern.”
Ridley huffed. “Kay. Let me do something. This might feel.. weird. You’ll be going to a human civilization, so..”
Astra felt like she was being stretched. She felt herself standing on two legs. “You have to be joking.”
“Nope. Keep following the wyvern. Get to the human civilization and ask a girl about three boys named Xavier, James, and.. Jack.”
“Okay,” she shrugged, still making an ice trail, but on two legs.
“I’m not going to lie, two legs is pretty nice..”
They got to the human civilization, and a man dragged an angry Reign in a net.
“Ripley,” he called out. “I guess you were right.”
A girl walked toward him. “Oh..”
“We’ll have her tamed by midnight.”
The man put Reign in a cage.
Astra walked up to the girl. “Hey, do you know three boys named Xavier, James, and Jack.”
“Yes..” she said. “I suppose you are part of their group?”
Astra nodded as the girl led her to the rooms.
Pax and Prince came out. Both of their minds thought the same thing as they saw her white hair and blue eyes. Even prettier as a human..
Ripley Jane led them to Ridley’s room and they all went in.
“I suppose that orange wolf is a part of your group too.”
“Yes.” Ridley said.
“Eh.. what?” Astra, Prince and Pax said in unison.
Ridley sighed and looked up. “Ripley is an old friend. She’s a wolf.”
“And I’m going to help you all release your friend,” she said.
“Her real name is Rain, but our friend is named Reign. Spelled differently, but..” Ridley said.
“You can call me RJ, or Jane.”
“Ok, so.. shall we make a plan?” Pax asked.
Astra laughed. “Can’t we just wing it..? I mean, do plans work?”
“Depends. Can you all punch?” Jane asked.
They nodded and Pax, Prince, and Astra went out.
“Why did you choose a name so close to mine?” Ridley asked.
“I have to remember the wolf I loved.”
They walked out, joining the other three.
-DiploLover24